practice what you PEACH
I reject the notion that extravagant dishes require exotic foods. I find that the simplest foods, treated extravagantly, remain my favorites. Have you ever had a vanilla-poached peach? Top it with freshly whipped cream and a drizzle of raw honey, and it makes for the the most opulent dessert (or breakfast) you could ever want. I’ve spent many a year unimpressed by this simple stone fruit to only to realize it was my own lack of imagination at fault.
This next Call addresses mobility devices and their common ground the the common peach — a need for re-imagining. Each year when this Call is announced, I revel in the notion of opulent mobility. You need look no further than the work of curator A. Laura Brody as inspiration. At its core, this show suggests that not only are we enough, but that we should celebrate our enough-ness. That we deserve to move through our lives, through this world with a personal sense of opulence, with purposeful, extravagant creativity. Sit with the notion of this Call and see where it takes you.
Check out this Call for Entries from curator A. Laura Brody for Opulent Mobility 2019. This year the exhibit will be at the Dora Stern Gallery in New Jersey. $20 Entry, 40% commission & a unique curatorial theme. Stretch your creative muscles with this Call!
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CALL for ENTRIES:
Opulent Mobility 2019
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“I challenge you to imagine a world where mobility, disability, and access can be opulent. I challenge you to approach the work with thoughtfulness, humor, creativity, and care. Because if we do not imagine a better world, we can’t make one happen.” — A. Laura Brody
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+
MEDIA: Open to all 2 & 3-D work, film, videos of performance art & music.
THEME: Radical re-imagining of the mobility of disability
DEADLINE: June 30, 2019, 5pm PST
NOTIFICATION: by August 1, 2019
ENTRY FEE: $20 flat fee
CURATORS: A. Laura Brody is a professional costume maker and designer who developed Opulent Mobility as a series of artworks, then built it into a juried group exhibit. Anthony Tusler is a photographer & disability arts activist. His photographs of the 1977 disability occupation of the San Francisco Federal Building are on his site: aboutdisability.com. Celene Ryan, Director of Artist Development for Arts Unbound has more than twelve years of experience as an arts management professional in NYC, working directly with many self-taught artists, most with special needs.
AWARD: This year, Opulent Mobility 2019 will be hosted by Arts Unbound. If accepted, artists’ work will be included in the physical exhibit at the Dora Stern Gallery in New Jersey.
SALES: 40% commission taken on sales.
For complete details, Read the Full Call!
